Lawrence Summers, director of the U.S. National Economic Cou

UNITED STATES - JULY 17: Lawrence Summers, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, pauses during a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, July 17, 2009. The U.S. economy shows signs of growth in the second half of this year and the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus will help the labor through 2010, Summers said. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)